Floor-mop.



ma wams PETERS co No. 7|6,262. Patented nec. I6, |902.

' J. M. MICHAUD.

FLGE MOP.

(Application led Aug. 26, 1902.)

(Nq Model.)

anne/wrox JM/w/dmuzi/ witnesses EETCE JANE M. MICHAUD, OF'LA GARITA,COLORADO.

FLOOR-MOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of ALetters Patent No. 716,262, datedDecember 16, 1902. Application led August Z6, 1902i Serial No. 121,125.(No model.)

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Beit known that 1, JANE M. MICHAUD, a

citizen of the United States, residing at La Garita, in the county `ofSaguache, State of Colorado, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Floor-Mops; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to floor-mops; and it has for its object toprovide a device of this character which will permit of use while theoperator is in a standing position and in which the scrubbing cloth orrag will be given a reciprocatory movement while the mop is beingadvanced over the iioor.

A further object of the invention is to provide a construction in whichthe scrubbing rag or cloth may be easily and quickly applied and removedand which will accommodate large or small cloths or rags.

`Other objects and advantages of the invention will be understood fromthe following description.

ln the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a top plan view of the mop. Fig. 2' is a side elevation ofthe mop. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings, the present mop comprises an axle 5,having the Wheels 6 and 7 fixed to its ends, said Wheels having broadfellies, as shown, so that sufficient friction will exist between themand the floor to insure rotation of the wheels. For the axle there isprovided a handle 8, having a bearl ing at its forward end in which theaxle is `ably engaged therein, said bars 14 and 15,

which may be termed slide-bars, havinga cross-bar 16 connected rigidlyto their for- Ward ends and projecting laterally therebeyond for apurpose to be presently explained. The cross-bar 16 forms one member ofa clamp for holding the mop cloth or rag and coperates with a second bar17, having plates 18 and 19 attached to its ends and projectingrearwardly and parallel, said plates having each a line of perforations2O therein to receive clamping bolts or screws 21, which are engagedthrough the ends of the bar 16. The lines of perforations permit ofadjustment of the clamping cross-bars toward and away from each other toclamp mop-cloths of different sizes. The wheels 6 and 7 have crankpins23 and 24: on their outer faces, with which are engaged pitmen 25 and26, connected also to stub-shafts 27 and 28 at the ends of theclamping-bar 17. With this construction it will be seen that as the mopis pushed over the Iioor the wheels thereof Will be rotated to actuatethe pitmen and that the latter will in turn reciprocate theclamping-bars and therewith the mop cloth or rag, the slide-bars servingto prevent lateral displacement of the clamp. The result is that as thedevice is pushed over the ioor the mopping cloth or rag is given areciprocatory movement with a minimum of labor on the part of theoperator.

It will be understood that in practice modiications of the specificconstruction shown may be made and that any suitable materialsv andproportions may be used.

1. A mop comprising an axle having wheels provided With crank-pins, ahandle attached to the axle, slide-bearings carried by the axle, a 1nop-clamp, slide-bars attached to the clamp and engaged in theslide-bearings, and pitmen connecting the crank-pins and clamp.

2. A mop comprising an axle having wheels, a handle having a bearing inwhich the axle is journaled, braces for the handle having bearings inwhich the axle is received, said braces having also slide-bearings, amopclamp, slide-bars attached to the clamp and slidably engaged in theslide-bearings, crankpins carried by the wheels, and pitmen engaged withthe crank-pins and connected to the clamp for reciprocating the latter.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JANE M MICHAUD.

Witnesses: r

EDWARD P. JONES, BENJAMIN DUVAL.

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